Re: most balanced window card for late dos and early windwos 98SE gaming system?

Posted on 2023-06-10, 09:29

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by fxgogo

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So I am no expert, but I picked up an abandoned machine a few years back. It was a Pentium 133 with a Voodoo 3 2000 in it. After restoring it back to working condition, I have been playing around with various OS options. The Voodoo has worked well in DOS, Win 95 and Win 98.

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Re: Windows XP how much people still use for MAIN OS?

Posted on 2022-11-22, 01:33

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by fxgogo

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I just finished my Windows XP/7 machine build today and I love them both, but both are offline only for older software and games. If I touch the online world, it is Windows 10 or Linux only for me. And it will be a few short years before that Windows 10 machine will be pulled offline.

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Re: How to get old Windows XP games to run on Windows 11?

Posted on 2022-06-08, 23:18

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by fxgogo

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Have you tried x86box yet?

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Re: Are we opening sealed copies of old games?

Posted on 2022-01-12, 00:18

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by fxgogo

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Open it! Open it! We are not talking Crown Jewels here. Let it be played.

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Re: Tell us which videogame sounds or voice-clips are the most burned into your brain for life

Posted on 2022-01-08, 02:06

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by fxgogo

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“Another Visitor! Stay a while…Stay forever!” Commodore 64….Impossible Mission….classic crunchy sampling on a brilliant 8bit system. My wife would say,”Alarm Alarm!!” from Commandos, blasting her awake at 3am.

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Re: Best Windows XP Sound Card

Posted on 2022-01-07, 00:17

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by fxgogo

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I have a Nvidia Zotag 620 in my rig which works well. For sound I have a SB0060 which does the 2.1 sound well.

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Re: Suggestions for which build should get which of these sound cards

Posted on 2021-12-24, 06:43

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by fxgogo

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I am going to presume the OS installs are going to be Dos, Win95 and Win98. I like the idea of SB16, Awe32 and Awe64

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Re: Do i need ISA bus for retro pc/gaming ?

Posted on 2021-12-01, 07:23

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by fxgogo

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I am wondering if the card is set to mute by default. I remember this happening a lot when I messed around with some Linux distro’s on my systems. If you go to device manager and look at the list of components, check to see if the card is enabled or disabled and then see if the output is muted.

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Re: Amiga 500 workbench help kickstart roms

Posted on 2021-11-29, 21:24

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by fxgogo

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Well that is a good ending to your current woes. Glad it sorted it out. Oh don't get me started on PAL/NTSC issues. I work in the broadcast industry and it continues to be a headache. It is better than the analog days though. I really need to revisit my games and test to see for any issues I would …

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Re: Amiga 500 workbench help kickstart roms

Posted on 2021-11-14, 23:11

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by fxgogo

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So way back in the early nineties, I bought a bunch of games in California (NTSC) while working a gap year job. When I returned to Cape Town in South Africa (PAL), they all worked fine on my Amiga 500+ with no modifications needed. I don’t know if any of them were running at 60Hz, but they all …

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Re: How over powered are modern PCs?

Posted on 2021-11-13, 23:41

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Everyone's latched onto recycling, forgetting the saying goes: reduce, reuse, recycle - in decreasing order of effectiveness. Reducing consumption is very threatening to the current organisation of the world. Exactly!!! My wife and have friends we know who think they are doing the earth a good …

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Re: Amiga 500 workbench help kickstart roms

Posted on 2021-11-11, 16:41

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by fxgogo

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Thanks mbliss11. It was a pet project done during lock down. Like lots of us, I got my kit out of the cupboard and started using them. Regarding the memory disable switch, I really think that is for a very small subset of early Amiga games. I put it in as I had a switch on the board so it was a …

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Re: Show us your custom Physical mt32-pi Builds

Posted on 2021-11-10, 17:26

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by fxgogo

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So I got the board from someone on RMC Retro's Discord. I then pretty much had to buy the components with enough to make at least three of them, but I really wanted to make just one and get it working first and the extra components were insurance if I mucked it up. I should see how much this cost, I …

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Re: Show us your custom Physical mt32-pi Builds

Posted on 2021-11-10, 15:39

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by fxgogo

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I have only just started my project. Got the HAT soldered up. MT32.jpg This thread has given me some great ideas. Love the thought of it sitting inside my PC and being able to route the audio out from the SB or MT32 to my speakers with a flick of a switch. Think I am going to need to get a display …

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Re: How over powered are modern PCs?

Posted on 2021-11-09, 10:17

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by fxgogo

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that's something that you'll only notice on developed countries for the most part in other countries like where i live (Argentina) is far more common to see people still using older machines, older or slower phones and so on in some places, things look good or even absurd, and in others it's absurd …

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Re: How over powered are modern PCs?

Posted on 2021-11-08, 22:30

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by fxgogo

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Totally agree. It does not help that we have frameworks on top of frameworks on top of frameworks etc.

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Re: What midi modules to cover the most ground? MT32,sc55,sc155, sc55mk2, sc88, alesis nanosynth, others?

Posted on 2021-11-05, 13:42

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by fxgogo

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Really interesting thread this. I have a newbie question. Other than the MT32 and SC55, how many of these were specifically aimed at the games market? Once the GM standard came about, I guess you could use any module, but they were designed as music making instruments first right?

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Re: PS2 or Serial mouse for Pentium build? Suggestions?

Posted on 2021-11-01, 23:28

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by fxgogo

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So I have a usb card that came with my trash pc I found. Mice work great in windows 98, but I have not tried DOS yet. If it does work, would that be an option for you?

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Re: CT4830 vs SB0220

Posted on 2021-10-14, 08:23

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by fxgogo

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That is good to know Gmlb256.

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Re: Amiga 500 workbench help kickstart roms

Posted on 2021-10-13, 09:49

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by fxgogo

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Thought I would show you the results of my A500 mods. It might give you some ideas. I have a Gotek inside the machine and the original floppy. One of the switches toggles between the two. The other switch enables and disables the ram expansion. The button is for the menu for the RGB2HDMI. And you …

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